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  1. MIT researchers devise new means to synchronize a group of robots and re-sync when removed and re-introduced. #Video bit.ly/K4s1Qb
  2. Robots getting into the gesture game. New algorithms allow robots to recognize human gestures courtesy of Kinect. bit.ly/LjM9u5
  3. Clever design - How Insect-Inspired Legs Could Help Robots Walk on Asteroids. #Video ti.me/JgpFJS
  4. Another step forward in quantum computing - essentially an interface between a quantum computer and a quantum network. bit.ly/KUF4Bb
  5. Stanford bioengineers create rewritable digital data storage in DNA. bit.ly/K8wmBJ
  6. Prototype robotic fish scanning for pollution on the European coast. vrge.co/Kba4zb
  7. Combat exoskeletons headed towards the front line? #Video bit.ly/KP0Yp5
  8. Scientists turn skin cells into beating heart muscle. (Does not necessarily translate into solution but encouraging.) reut.rs/JELkAP
  9. Running out of space? 60TB hard drives, and 20 TB laptop drives by 2016. bit.ly/KwDvJF
  10. We've already doubled our life span - but what about living to 1000. Radical life extension and the implications. bit.ly/MbvPhx
  11. Parents, there is hope. A robot that learns to tidy up for you. bit.ly/JzGb7g
  12. First Heathrow, now NYC. Avatars to replace some humans at airports. #Video bit.ly/LfPla8
  13. The Electric Imp "a network node" - WiFi and ARM processor in an SD form factor. IoT / cloud intersection continues... engt.co/KaCSag
  14. #Leap - a gesture control device that lets users control their computers with hands / fingers. Impressive #video. abcn.ws/Ks0eqc
  15. Quantum networks in our future? Another record for quantum teleportation - this time by Austrian researchers: 89 miles. bit.ly/MAeDFb
  16. @InnovatorBrain IoT, wisdom of the cloud, 3D printing, are just a few of the disruptive (think opportunity) forces coming.
  17. @BestKMresearch @barry0s @OJWinge Send me the link you are referring to and I'll investigate.
  18. Samsung develops a new transistor structure using graphene to increase the possibilities for future transistors. engt.co/KuIrOZ
  19. And on the flight back... Love this! twitter.com/DaveTheFuturis…
  20. Paralyzed woman gets robotic arm she controls with her mind. msnbc.msn.com/id/47447302#.T…